Climate reconstructions and monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea: A review on some recently discovered high-resolution marine archives

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-140

  Montagna, Paolo ^a,b   Silenzi, Sergio ^a   Devoti, Saverio ^a   Mazzoli, Claudio ^c   McCulloch, Malcolm ^d   Scicchitano, Giovanni ^e   Taviani, Marco ^f  

^a ICRAM   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemical composition; Mediterranean Sea; Palaeoclimate reconstructions; Shallow and deep water corals; Vermetids

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA; DENDROPOMA PETRAEUM; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 84867939041     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-008-0007-7     Document Type: Review

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